PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO BAN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMS THAT GIVE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THEIR RACE, GENDER, COLOR, ETHNICITY OR NATIONAL ORIGIN FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION OR CONTRACTING PURPOSES
The proposed constitutional amendment would:
• Ban public institutions from using affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment to groups or individuals based on their race, gender, color, ethnicity or national origin for public employment, education or contracting purposes. Public institutions affected by the proposal include state government, local governments, public colleges and universities, community colleges and school districts.
• Prohibit public institutions from discriminating against groups or individuals due to their gender, ethnicity, race, color or national origin. (A separate provision of the state constitution already prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin.)
(Thoughts on this one? One of the things that it would ban is same-sex grade and high schools)
Tony
(Thoughts on this one? One of the things that it would ban is same-sex grade and high schools)
Not really. It would only ban same-sex public schools.
Ellen
Maybe. For Christian daycares, there have been threats of lawsuits (in our state) because some of the students were using federal grants to pay for fees.
A private school would have to be careful that only private funding was used.
At any rate, I'm sure that you knew what I meant.
Tony
At any rate, I’m sure that you knew what I meant.
Sigh.
No, I read what you wrote and wanted to make sure it was clarified. This is one of the main reasons that I oppose government "vouchers" for Catholic schools. Once you become reliant on government funds, you become susceptable to government extortion with regard to what you teach.